And pessimists might be those who say, "No, no. On balance, " the negative of death outweighs the positive-ness of life."

而悲观主义者可能会说，“不，不，总的来说，死亡的负面性要盖过生命的积极性“

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As humans I think our instinct is to want more, you know, not be positive and...

作为人类我觉得我们的直觉是追求更多东西，你知道，不怎么积极，而且……

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Why not think about creating positive situations ? that will help us lead happier, more moral lives?

为什么不创造积极的环境,让我们获得更快乐更讲道德的生活？

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When he laughed, was witty, in a merry humor, one could scarce sees his eyes, and by and by, when he was serious and positive, he opened his eyes round.

当他笑时，他是睿智的，带有令人愉快的幽默，都看不见他的眼睛了，不一会儿，他变得严肃和积极了，便圆睁着眼睛。

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The reason is because there are two different approaches to deal with illness: one,the positive psychological approach is that the illness is the absence of health, as opposed to health is the absence of illness.

究其原因，是因为有两种不同的方法,对付疾病，一是积极心理学方法,它指的是，疾病相当于不健康，相对地，健康等于没疾病。

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Did you know that of people who take positive psychology, 75% of you are officers of club, 35% of you are the highest ranking officers of club, which means that you think there are about 2000 clubs at Harvard, you are in club of three, and you happen to be the president.

你不知不知道选了积极心理学的人中，有75%的人是俱乐部的干部，35%是俱乐部的高层干部，这意味着，你认为哈佛有大约2000个俱乐部，你在一个只有3个人的俱乐部里，又恰好是主席。

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In many ways you can look at most of our experiences, psychological effective experiences on a continuum, where some of them fall below the zero, the negative experiences or the painful experiences and the positive or the pleasurable experiences between the zero and the positive.

可以从多方面来看我们的经验，在心理连续谱上看有效心理经验，有时候会跌倒0以下，不愉快或痛苦的经历,积极或愉快的经历,分别在0与正值之间。

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